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The men's
luge A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face up) and feet-first. A luger steers by using the calf muscles to flex the sled's runners or by exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh for s ...
at the
2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...
was held between 8–9 February 2014 at the
Sliding Center Sanki The Sliding Center Sanki (Санки) (a.k.a. the Sanki Sliding Center) is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Rzhanaya Polyana, Russia, 60 km (37 mi) northeast of Sochi. Located in the Western Caucasus. The venue hosted the ...
in
Rzhanaya Polyana Rzhanaya Polyana (russian: Ржаная Поляна) is a natural area in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located not far from Krasnaya Polyana. Home of the Sliding Center Sanki, it hosted bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton events for the 2014 Winter Ol ...
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Felix Loch Felix Loch (; born 24 July 1989) is a German luger and Olympic champion. He has been competing since 1995 and on the German national team since 2006. He has won fourteen medals at the FIL World Luge Championships with twelve golds (Men's singles ...
was the two-time defending
world champion A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
and won the gold medal with the fastest time in two of the four runs. The test event that took place at the venue was won by Germany's
Andi Langenhan Andi Langenhan (born 1 October 1984) is a German luger who has been competing since 1995 and has been on the German national team since 2001. He won two bronze medals in the men's singles event at the FIL World Luge Championships (2008, 2011). ...
.
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was also the defending Olympic champion. On December 22, 2017
Albert Demchenko Albert Mikhailovich Demchenko (russian: Альберт Михайлович Демченко; born 27 November 1971) is a Russian luger who competed from 1992 to 2014. He is currently coaching the Russian luge team. His daughter Victoria Demchen ...
of Russia was banned for doping violations and his silver medal was stripped. On 1 February 2018, his results were restored as a result of the successful appeal.


Qualifying athletes

The top 38, with each nation allowed a maximum of 3, after five of five races. India and South Korea (the next two unrepresented nations) get the additional quota spots, as no nations were able to use them to complete a relay. Slovenia and Great Britain rejected their quota spots. The next three nations in the rankings (Bulgaria, Netherlands and Chinese Taipei) received the quotas. Netherlands rejected their quota, and as the last country with meeting qualification standard, this meant only 39 athletes would compete. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


Competition schedule

All times are (
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Results

Four runs, split over two days, were used to determine the winner.Final Results
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References

Keshavan competed as an Independent Olympic Participant, with this event taking place before the India Olympic Committee's suspension was lifted {{DEFAULTSORT:Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics - Men's singles Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics Men's events at the 2014 Winter Olympics